Author: Justin Hill
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Seattle a decade ago
Guy approaching me on the street with a ragged bouquet of flowers: “Hey, buy some flowers for your wife?” Me: “No, thanks. She’s 3,000 miles away.” Guy: “That’s cool – I just pulled these out of a dumpster.” That was 10 years ago in Seattle. I talked to him for a while and he told…
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The Sarcastic Child’s Friend
On Sunday we try to do things other than watch TV and play on the computer and iPods. The kids are pretty good sports about it, but sometimes you can see some mild resentment come through in the pencil and paper artwork they have to resort to without electronics. Here’s something Kid #2 drew on a lazy Sunday morning…
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Notes on the Book of Esther
Last year I had the best calling in the Church: Gospel Doctrine teacher, during study of the Old Testament. I wrote out fairly detailed notes for each lesson and figured I’d post some of them here in case they’re helpful to a future teacher. Esther is an interesting book. It doesn’t read like the rest of the…
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Notes on the Book of Daniel
Last year I had the best calling in the Church: Gospel Doctrine teacher, during study of the Old Testament. I wrote out fairly detailed notes for each lesson and figured I’d post some of them here in case they’re helpful to a future teacher. Daniel is another story that takes place in exile – earlier than Esther,…
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Galta Monkey Temple
The first time I went to India, in 2008, I picked up the paper and read about monkeys that were raiding villages and stealing food and medicine. I’m pretty sure I read that they were stealing human babies, too, although now that I try to find an article online about it I’m having a rough…